Distilling apparatus.



Patented Apr. 29,v I902.

E JESTER DISTILLING APPARATUS.

(Application fil ad Aug. 29, 1901.)

(No Model.)

0.. wsnmoron n c UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMMA JESTER, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO.

DISTILLING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,958, dated April29, 1902. Application filed August 29,1901. Serial No. 73,688. (Nomodel-7 To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMMA JESTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pueblo, county of Pueblo, State of Colorado, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Distilling Apparatus, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to household waterdistillating apparatus.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, anddurable distilling apparatus which can be readily applied to and removedfrom a tea-kettle to furnish a suitable amount of distilled water forhousehold purposes and which, owing to its peculiar construction, willbe adapted to be set on the stove and occupy a small amount of space, asalso to be moved about on the stove to prevent interference witharticles thereon.

The invention comprehends a condenser, a pipe connecting the same withthe kettle, and connecting and attaching means, all of improvedconstruction and combined in a novel manner, as set forth in detailhereinafter.

The novel features of the invention are recited in the appended claims.7

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1.is a View illustrating theinvention in use; Fig. 2, a detail view of the pipe and attachingdevices; Fig. 3, a detail view illustrating the manner in which thebuttons engage with the kettle; Fig. 4, a detail view illustrating themanner in which the connectingarm engages with the condenser, and Fig. 5a detail vertical section, on a reduced scale, of the apparatus,illustrating how the condenser is suspended above the stove.

The numeral 1 designates an ordinary teakettle to which the inventionmay be applied.

At 2 I have shown a pipe having suitable elbows 3 at its ends, one ofwhich is provided with a collar 4:, to which is attached a chain 5,having a stopper 6, which can be inserted in the spout of the tea-kettlewhen distillation is to be had. i

The numeral 7 designates turn-buttons on the collar 4, which have hooks8, adapted to engage the interior of the tea-kettle at the margin of thecover-opening to secure the pipe 2 to the kettle. At 9 is shown an armriveted to the collar 4 at 10 and provided with a lug 11. At the otherend of the pipe is a collar 12 and a projection 13.

The numeral 14 designates the condenser, which hasa rim 15 at its topand an ear 16, provided with a groove 17, at its under portion, in whichthe projection 11-is adapted to be received to hold the condenser bracedby the arm 9 and supported above the stove, while the part 13 projectsdown into the condenser and the flange or collar 12 rests on the top 15thereof. The condenser is provided with a bail18, which is adapted to behooked over a pin 19 on one of the elbows 3.

It is apparent that upon stopping up the spout of the kettle with thestopper 6 the water will condensein the condenser 14. When a suitablequantity has been condensed therein, the bail can be detached from thepin and the arm disengaged from the ear, permitting the removal of thecondenser for the purpose of emptying the contents thereof into asuitable vessel. It is also apparent that the condenser is adapted to besupported above the stove on which the kettle is located, thereby givinga compact construction and obviating the employment of a separatesupport, and also that the condenserand pipe can be swung around abovethe stove while attached to the kettle to position the condenserwherever most convenient in order that other cooking vessels or utensilson the stove will not be interfered with. At the same time the device isadapted for application to any ordinary tea-kettle and is light and notliable to be damaged and capable of being produced at small cost. Itwill also be clear that if at any time it is desired to pour water fromthe kettle this can be done without detaching the distilling apparatusby simplyremoving the stopper and tilting the kettle and apparatus.Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

' 1. In an apparatus for distillation; the combination with a condenser,of a pipe extending outlaterally therefrom, means for detachablyconnecting one endof the pipe to v the condenser, and. an arm detachablyconnecting the overhanging portion of the pipe to the condenser.

2. In an apparatus for distillation, the combination with a condenserhaving an ear, of a pipe extending out laterally therefrom, means fordetachably connecting one end of the pipe to the condenser, and an armconnected to the overhanging portion of the pipe and provided with aprojection which is adapted for engagement with the ear.

3. In an apparatus for distillation, the combination with a condenser,of a pipe extending out laterally therefrom, and a pivoted baildetachably connecting the overhanging portion of the pipe to thecondenser.

4. In an apparatus fordistillation, the combination with a condenser, ofa pipe adapted for connection thereto, a pin on the pipe, and a bailpivoted to the condenser and adapted to engage the pin.

5. In an apparatus for distillation, the combination with a condenser,of a pipe extending out laterally therefrom, a bail pivoted to thecondenser, a pin on the pipe with which the bail is adapted to engage,and an arm on the overhanging portion of the pipe adapted for detachableengagement with the condenser.

6. In an apparatus for distillation, the combination with a condenser,of a pipe connected thereto and extending out laterally therefrom, and adistilling vessel suspended in mid-air from the overhanging end of thepipe.

7. The combination with a tea-kettle, of a condenser, an overhangingpipe connected to the condenser and having a collar on its overhangingportion, turn-buttons on the collar having hooks adapted to engage themargin of the opening in the kettle, an arm connecting the collar withthe condenser, and a stopper for the spout of the tea-kettle which isattached to the collar.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

v EMMA JESTER.

\Vitnesses:

J. J. LAMBERT, G. MG". WITHERS.

